The Nassau County Police Department reports the details of a Driving While Intoxicated arrest that occurred on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 4:50 a.m. in Uniondale.
According to police, officers responded to a 911 call for an auto accident with injuries at the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike and Uniondale Avenue between a NICE bus and a 2012 white Honda civic. The NICE bus had broken down and was stopped in the right lane on eastbound Hempstead Turnpike. The operator, a 60-year-old male, had engaged his bus’s hazard lights and had placed reflective triangles in the roadway. He was seated in the vehicle when he felt a hard impact to the rear of the bus. Following an investigation, the unlicensed operator of the Honda, defendant Christian J. Cabrera Escobar, 23, of 150 Washington Street, Hempstead, was placed under arrest. Both parties and a passenger who was in the defendant’s vehicle were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries
Defendant Christian J. Cabrera Escobar is charged with Driving While Intoxicated and traffic infractions. He will be arraigned when medically practical.